With the Islanders beginning their tenure in Brooklyn as Mikhail Prokhorov attempts sole ownership of Barclays Center, it’s only appropriate the team adds another Russian, no?
Forward Kirill Petrov is among the last few fighting for an Islanders roster spot. The 25-year-old from Kazan, Russia, came over from the KHL this summer and signed a one-year, entry-level deal to try his hand at the North American game.
Although it would be easy for him to start the season at AHL Bridgeport (in fact the Islanders’ top 12 forwards are pretty well set in stone), the 6-foot-3, 225-pounder is making it difficult for coach Jack Capuano to send him away, even though waivers aren’t required for him to be sent down.